Everything you need to know about Digital Security
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:32 am
With the internet boom in the 1990s, we learned to navigate the web and connect with people from all over the world even without Digital Security.
More than that, we started exchanging information, working, making payments, studying, using social media and even carrying out medical consultations online.
welcome to the internet
Since 2002, smartphones have become popular among Brazilians, gaining a privileged place in our hands and allowing us to do practically everything with just a few clicks.
According to a report by the kenya number dataset platform , which only evaluates Android phones, Brazilians spent, on average, 5.4 hours a day on their cell phones in 2021 , thus leading the ranking alongside Indonesia.
According to this survey, cell phone use has grown in recent years, with an average use of 4.1 hours per day in 2019, rising to 5.2 hours per day in 2020, and reaching 5.4 hours per day last year.
But are you safe during the entire navigation?
After all, what is Digital Security?
digital security
When we are in an online environment, whether using social networks or working connected to cloud software, we access the site using a login and password, exchange information and are exposed to various risks.
Digital Security works to prevent and even block digital threats. Companies are required to take precautions to ensure that their customers' and the business's data is not exposed.
The information technology team must offer devices and tools that block threats, as well as recommend good practices that increase the level of security and, of course, act in the event of problems .
Digital Security vs. Information Security
Digital Security is a broader activity , which encompasses everything from browsing websites to accessing tools, programs and platforms .
During the activities carried out during the workday, many data exchanges and transfers take place, which are generally stored on a network or in the cloud to guarantee access for everyone involved in the operation of your business.
Business data, technical information, results and many others are considered strategic and of great value to companies.
Therefore, currently, having processes and parameters that ensure information security is decisive for the success of the business .
But remember that Digital Security and Information Security must work together, ensuring the protection of the business as a whole.
More than that, we started exchanging information, working, making payments, studying, using social media and even carrying out medical consultations online.
welcome to the internet
Since 2002, smartphones have become popular among Brazilians, gaining a privileged place in our hands and allowing us to do practically everything with just a few clicks.
According to a report by the kenya number dataset platform , which only evaluates Android phones, Brazilians spent, on average, 5.4 hours a day on their cell phones in 2021 , thus leading the ranking alongside Indonesia.
According to this survey, cell phone use has grown in recent years, with an average use of 4.1 hours per day in 2019, rising to 5.2 hours per day in 2020, and reaching 5.4 hours per day last year.
But are you safe during the entire navigation?
After all, what is Digital Security?
digital security
When we are in an online environment, whether using social networks or working connected to cloud software, we access the site using a login and password, exchange information and are exposed to various risks.
Digital Security works to prevent and even block digital threats. Companies are required to take precautions to ensure that their customers' and the business's data is not exposed.
The information technology team must offer devices and tools that block threats, as well as recommend good practices that increase the level of security and, of course, act in the event of problems .
Digital Security vs. Information Security
Digital Security is a broader activity , which encompasses everything from browsing websites to accessing tools, programs and platforms .
During the activities carried out during the workday, many data exchanges and transfers take place, which are generally stored on a network or in the cloud to guarantee access for everyone involved in the operation of your business.
Business data, technical information, results and many others are considered strategic and of great value to companies.
Therefore, currently, having processes and parameters that ensure information security is decisive for the success of the business .
But remember that Digital Security and Information Security must work together, ensuring the protection of the business as a whole.